Table 2. Member States’ consumption of biofuels in 2003 and 2004; national indicative targets for 2005 and 2010 (in energy content) Member State ConsumptionConsumption Target Target Austria 5.75% (2008) Belgium N.A 2%* N.T. Cyprus N.T. N.T. Czech ... As shown in Table 1, biofuels’ national targets are generally not in line with the reference target of 2% for 2005 and consumption levels are relatively small. Nine MS ... National targets and consumption levels should be seen in this perspective.

Table 3 delivers further insights by presenting the penetration of biofuels ... As expected, higher oil price would further increase penetration of biofuels in Brazil, where biofuels currently accounts for around 10% of the total liquid ... Table 3: Penetration of biofuels in 2020 due to oil price increase (Biofuelsconsumption as percentage of the total liquid fuel consumption for transportation) Region

the biofuel supply chain are farmers producing biomass, industrials processing biomass into biofuel, distributors and operators of the distribution network. Two aspects mainly ... of the potential biofuel policy impact. Should policy measures become more effective (e ... 6 Progress in the usage of biofuels in the EU Member States, 2003-2005 Share of biofuels on total fuel consumption for transports (%) National indicative target 2005 (%) Member States Austria

Estimated Consumption (Thousands tones) Gasoline of Diesel Percent Substitution Bioethanol ETBE* Biodiesel Table 10: Potential biofuel market in Italy *only 47% in weight to be considered as derived from renewable sources. source ENEA ... These two norms have been expected for years. According to Assodistil (the Italian association of ethanol producers3), they will set a proper framework ... of the mandatory biofuel blends.

and importers as to the suitability of biofuel usage. Other EU-Member States (Italy, France ... Use BiofuelConsumption in Spain (Based on EC's Goal) Million toes ... on December 31, 2002, establishes that all biofuels introduced into fuels be exempted form